Comments on: Patrick McGoohan, RIP http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6547 Contemporary and classic British TV Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Donald James Morrissey http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6547&cpage=1#comment-1304 Donald James Morrissey Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:33:56 +0000 http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6547#comment-1304 I was about 11 or 12 when I(though all the family sat silent before the black&white TV)when I first saw the original broadcasts and even now I am utterly in awe of such a challenging but entertaining work of art.

The more we experience Town Hall invasions and dominance over our lives,the more the relevance of The Prisoner resonates.

McGoohan’s performance in front of the camera is as about the most brilliant(considering the material)piece of acting ever on TV(or film).Only Brando’s Terry Malloy in On The Waterfront compares.

Few examples of TV will have the staying power to argue and create debate and that’s a truly graet legacy. Patrick McGoohan RIP.

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